About the Editors

AuthorSteven M. Goldman, H. Bret Lowell.
Pages463-463
About the Editors
Steven M. Goldman is Assistant General Counsel and head of the franchise prac-
tice group Marriott International, Inc., which franchises seven hotel brands
worldwide. Prior to that he was Vice-President, Franchise Administration and
General Counsel of the ITT Sheraton Franchise Division and Senior Litigation
Counsel with Holiday Inn Worldwide. Mr. Goldman received a J.D., cum laude,
from the University of Georgia in 1985, where he was an Articles Editor of the
Law Review, and received a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Vermont in
1982, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Goldman is a frequent speaker and
author on franchise and hospitality law. He is a member of the Governing Com-
mittee of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising, the immediate-
past Director of the Forum’s Corporate Counsel Division, and a member of the
Editorial Board of Leader’s Franchising and Business Law Alert.
H. Bret Lowell is a partner with Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, resident in the
Washington, D.C., office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of domestic and
international franchising and distribution law. Mr. Lowell serves as the Co-Chair
of his firm’s Franchise and Distribution Law Practice Group. He is the former
Chair of the Governing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Forum on
Franchising. Mr. Lowell serves on several committees of the International Fran-
chise Association, including the Legal/Legislative Committee, and is a member of
the Advisory Board of the IFA’s Counsel of Franchise Suppliers. He is a former
editor of the Franchise Law Journal and has authored numerous books and arti-
cles on the subjects of franchising and distribution. Mr. Lowell is a frequent lec-
turer on franchise law issues. He received his J.D. degree from Georgetown
University Law Center in 1978, and has been selected by his peers to appear in
The Best Lawyers in America.
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